Excellent Pose Eternal Sailor Moon Doll (Bandai Japan)

So, there is a lot of different kinds of Sailor Moon dolls out there. Some are "infamous" for being really ugly (ex: the old Irwin and Igel dolls, and the Bandai North America dolls that probably often get confused with the old Irwin dolls), whereas some others are known for being really pretty (like the 2000 Irwin and Bandai... "Everywhere else besides America" dolls)

Now, for Bandai Japan in particular, a lot of the Sailor Moon doll face molds are really sweet, youthful... However, there is atleast one Sailor Moon doll that is easily probably the most unique. And, without further adieu, that would probably have to be the Excellent Pose Eternal Sailor Moon doll.

She was produced alongside the Starlight dolls (Healer, Fighter, Maker), and they all share a common face mold. This face mold easily makes this Usagi doll probably the most mature looking - she's really quiet pretty. 

However, like the Starlight dolls, she has some "issues" that seems to run common with them. That is, quite frankly, she tends to act like an acrobat - she seems to be rather top heavy, and her top tends to fall backwards. I've heard this is pretty common, and I guess a lot f people who don't have her in the box tend to display her sitting down. When I first got her, she was acting like that - I was really surprised she was behaving as much for these pictures as she was. The stand originally comes with the Super Sailor Moon Crisis doll (and maybe the regular version, I have no idea), so I don't know if maybe it was the stand itself or blind luck or what. 

So, instead of "Excellent Pose" maybe she's more apt to be called "Bedtime Usagi"!

The doll has wire in her arms to make them bend (although I wouldn't suggest it; mine are rather stiff and it is a pretty old doll, so I would rather not wear them out or test anything), her hips have joints so her legs can pivot, and her knees can snap into place. 

I bought her off of someone on deviantart for a small fortune. Unfortunately, when they took her to the post office, something must have happened where she lost her headband! In the future I might make some hair clips myself (I have a Super Sailor Moon Henshin doll in the post missing the headpiece anyways...), although I am kind of tempted to jack my Super Sailor Moon Crisis headband and just make her clips too (since, well, I have to make her choker anyways...)

...Thoughts for another day, I guess? 

Chibi Moon Doll Hell

Or, if you're like me and actually like Sailor Chibi Moon, it's actually quite nice!

I recently bought several Sailor Chibi Moon dolls. The first one is a Super Sailor Chibi Moon doll by Bandai Asia. As for the other three, I have no idea - Bandai Japan, Bandai Europe, and Bandai Asia* (I assume?) I believe all produced that doll - their markings are all the same as well. I know the Italian company Giochi Preziosi also produced a look-alike doll as well in the "Chibi Moon and Pegasus set." As for the last one having the same kind of markings as these dolls, I have no idea, since I don't own that set! Anyways, I noticed the doll in the middle had the same hair quantity as the Bandai Asia doll when I was brushing it out, so I think she might be a Bandai Japan doll. The two other dolls (or, doll and head I guess) I bought from Europe, so I think I can safely assume they're the Bandai Europe release, and if there is any difference, the thicker/thinner hair might be it. Or, it could simply be a manufacturer difference between batches - I honestly have no idea, but it doesn't really effect the quality of the doll (and the naked Chibi Moon has a brightest pink hair out of the lot, too!)

Unfortunately, this doll doesn't have a body. Or rather, she does - but it's pretty damaged. I got this doll from Spain, and it turns out when I got her, one of her boots wouldn't come off. When I did finally get it off, however, it turns out that her foot and her leg were in two different pieces and were superglued together. The superglue must have leaked out, covered the leg, and sealed the leg and the boot together. In theory I could have kept the boot on and everything would have been fine... unfortunately, the boot was at an angle, so it looked really weird.

So, right now, I need to get her a body! I still have her old one and I've considered getting maybe some clay and fusing the foot and body together for the meantime, but eventually I'll probably get an obitsu body for her.

What do you mean this qualifies hardly as "Chibi Moon Doll Hell"? Well...

...Does this change anything?

Okay, not really all of the Chibi Moon and Black/Wicked Lady dolls I have, but it's most of them. (I also have the 6" old Irwin Mini Moon & Wicked Lady dolls that are not pictured, along with a really well-loved old Irwin Mini Moon)

(The other dolls pictured are the Irwin 2000 Wicked Lady, Irwin 2000 Mini Moon, and the older Mini Moon and Wicked Lady Irwin dolls)

Oh, and for fun -

Super Sailor Chibi Moon and the Twinkle Bell Pegasus Figure by Bandai Japan!

(totally forgot to give her the headband in the group shots, whoops!)

Super Sailor Moon Crisis Doll by Bandai!

So, awhile back, I won an auction for a used Super Sailor Moon doll by Bandai Japan. This doll is the "Crisis" version of Sailor Moon - basically, they took the butterfly wings motif at the end of her transformation, and they put it on a doll. The wings are removable, but they look quite pretty on the doll!

This the doll right after I removed her from the delivery box! The seller packed her really, really well - with pink bubble wrap! The seller also included a small Sailor Moon figure and paper crane, which are really cute. When I won the lot (or, rather, bidding I should say), I also noticed the pink wand - I figured it was one of Chibi Moon's wands. I'll get to that at the end, though.

I'm not 100% sure where the figure is from, but I think it's from a candy toy released in Japan; from my understanding, a lot of candy toys had small figures like these ones, larger painted ones, compacts, and there was even a set that had pieces to build a small Moon Castle with!

Sailor Moon's hair was a bit of a tangled mess, so I went and have her a nice clean to untangle her hair as much as I could. Unfortunately, I did get it as clean as I wanted (there is decent bit of broken hair/frizz on her), but I figured that'd probably happen. All well, she's still super pretty!

I couldn't get a picture of her that I liked by herself, so here I have her with another Bandai Japan doll I own! I think they might be the same doll, actually; they look identical to me, anyways. I got the other doll naked and dressed her up in a Super Sailor Moon Irwin 2000 outfit I had!

Oh, as for the extra wand?

Well, I think it might actually be from a Chibi Moon Petit Solider or some other kind of figure like that. My Chibi Moon didn't have a wand though, so I think it suits her just fine!

For future posts, I might go over dolls I bought before making this blog. I do have some dolls that should be coming in the mail though, so once I get those, I'll probably talk about them too! 

Hi! Welcome to my blog, Sailor Moon Collections! This is my first blogspot, so it might be a bit rough for now. Here I plan to talk about my collection (which is composed primarily of dolls and figures), about new stuff coming out, and maybe some other non-merchandise related Sailor Moon stuff.

My name is Erin, and I've been collecting Sailor Moon stuff roughly since I was eight or nine years old. Some of my collection is pretty beat up because of that (being a little kid and all), but it is what it is. I mostly collect vintage and used stuff; Sailor Moon stuff is pretty expensive, so it's a lot easier getting stuff used for a bit cheaper - some of the things I have, if they were mint in box, could go for $100+!

Nothing here is for sale (unless otherwise specified)!